Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-09-24

swings ut loose ends Accluenrs arc only
Gods way OF turning leaf i'll tho book Of
his eternal DEGREES From our cradle to
our grave there is path oil marked out.
Each event i'll our life is connected with
every other event in our life. Our loss may
be the most direct road to our gain. Our de-
feats and victories are twin brothers. The
whole direction OF your life was changed by
something which Mt the time seemed to You
triflc, whilo some occurrence which seemed
tremendous affected you butt little. The Rev.
DR.. Kennedy, Of Basiins Ridge, n. j., went
into his pulpit one Sabbath and by a strange
freak of memory forgot his subject and
forgot his text, and I'm great embar-
rassmc,it roso before his audience and
announced tile circumstance and de-
clared himself entirely unalde to preach;
then launched forth in few earliest words
of entreaty and warning which resulted in
tic outbreaking Of the mightiest revival of.
religion over Known in that state, q revival
OF religion that resulted i'll churches stiH
standing and in the conversion OF a large
I1number'of menswlio. entered the Gospel mill;
4|sistfy Who have Brought 'teir thousands into
4 the kingdom Of God. God'ssplans arc mag
| nifcent beyond all comprehension. He molds
us, turns aid directs u.s. and wo know it not.
| Thousands of years are to him but as the
! Hight Of shuttle The most terrific oc-
currence docs not make God tremble,
and the most triumphant achievement does
not lift him into rapture That one great
thought of God goes OH through tho centu-
ries, and nations rise and fall and cras pass,
md the world itself changes, but God still
keeps the undivided mastery, linking event
to event and century to century. 10 God
they nrc all ono event, one history, one plan,
one development, one system. Great md
marvellous aro thy works, Lord God AL
mighty.
Furthermore, We learn from this story the
propriety Of laying up for the future. Dur
] ing seven years OF plenty Joseph prepared for
the fanline, and when it camc ho had q
crowded storehouse. The life OF most men
i'll u worldly respect is t.,gided into years of
plenty and famine 1t IL seldom that any
man passes through life without ut least seven
years of plenty. During these seven prosper
GUS years your business bears 4 rich harvest.
You hardly know where all the money comes
from, it comes so fast Every bargain you
make seems to turn into gold. You coptract
few bad debts. You are astoanded with
large dividends. You invest more and moro
capital. You wonder how ncil con be COLI
tent with a small business, gathering IN only
800 where You reap your thousands. These
are tie seven years of plenty. Now, Joseph,
is the time to prepare for famine, for to al
most every man there do come seven years
I of famine You will be sick; you will be I'M
fortunate; you will be defrnuded; you WILDE
disappointed; you will be old, and IL you
have no storchouse upon which to fall
back you may be famine struck. We
have no admiration for this denying
ones self of all present comfort and luxury
for the mere pleasure OF boarding up, this
grasping for the mere pleasure Of seeing how
| urge pile you can get, this always being
poor and cramped, because as soon as q dol
lar comes in it is sent cut to sec if it can't find
another dollar to carry home on its back; but
there is an intelligent and noble minded fore
cast which We love to see i'll men who lrave
families and kindred dependent upon them
for the blessings OF education and homo. God
sends us to the insects for lesson, which,
while they do not stint themselves in
tho present, do not forget their duty
to forestall the future $50 to the
ant, thou sluggsrd; consider her ways and
be wise, which, having no guide, overseer or
l,ruleE ,rovideth her meat in the summer and
60 60 her food il, the harvest = NQY,.
I there arc two ways Of wing up money tbes
one BY investing it:in stock saHd sdepositiDg
in banks and loaning it OH bond or mort
gage. The other way Of laying up money is
giving it away He is the safest who makes
both OF these investments But the man who
devores none of lis gain to the cause of
Christ and thinks only of his own comfort
and luxury, is not safe, don't caro- how his
money is invested. He acted rs the rose if
it should say: Il will hold ny breath and no
one shall have snatch of fragrance from
me until next week, and then ! win set oil
the garden uhont with the aroma The time
comes, but having been without fragrance foi
So long, It has nothing 10 give. But above rta
lay uptrcasuresi iii hearen. They never i:e.'r'e-
ciate i'll valsic They meter are ut discoftfh
T!ny are always avaifable. Yoa may feel
safe now with your present yearly income,
but what will such ON income be worth after
you ure dead' Others will get it. Perhaps
some OF them will quarrel about 1t before
you are buried. They will be right glad that
You are dead They are only waiting for
YOU to die. What then will all your accn-
mutation be worth if you could gather it all
into Your bosom and walk up with II into
heavens gatea It would not purchase your
admission; or, if allowed to enter, it could
not buy you a crown or robe, and the poor
est saint in heaven would lool, down and say:
aWhere did that pauper come fromw
Finally, learn from this subject that in
every famine there is Il storehouse. Up tie
long row of building piled to the very roof
withscorn, come the hungry multitudes, and
Joseph commanded that their sacks and their
wagons be filled The world has been blasted
Every green thing has withered under the
touch of sin. From all continents and islands
and zones comes up the groan of dying mill
IONS Over tropical spice groves and Siberian
ice hut and Hindoo jungle tn, blight has
fallen. The famine is universal. But, glory
be to God there is great storebouse Jesus
Christ, our elder brother, this day bids Us
come in from our hunger and beggary and
obtain infinite supplies of grace enough to
make us rich forever. Many of you have
for a long while been smitten OF the
famine The world has not stilled the
throbbing of your spirit. Your conscience
sometimes rouses YOU up with such sud-
denness and strength thut it requires the most
gigantic determination to Quell the disturb
unce. Your courage ouakes at the thought
OF the future. Oh, why will You tarry amid
the hastings of the famine wllen such q
glorious storelouse is open i'll Gods mercy?
Ye wrctchcd hungry, starving pool,
Behold royal feast,
Where mercy spreads her bounteous store
For every humble guest
See, Jesus stands with open arms
lie calls. he bids yon come;
Guilt holds you back and fear alarms,
But see, there yet Is room.
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